“Under the totality of the unique circumstances of this case,” Jackson said, “the imaging and search of the entire contents of Kim’s laptop, aided by specialized forensic software, for a period of unlimited duration and an examination of unlimited scope, for the purpose of gathering e...

“It’s like they pay you in property, not currency,” he said, explaining that the Bitcoin payment is valued, for tax purposes, at its fair-market value on the day it was received. Then, when the Bitcoin payment is spent, “it’s either a capital gain or a capital loss,” depending on the ...

Sacramento, California, personal-injury lawyer Bill Callaham says he had visited the French Quarter and was walking back to the Hyatt Regency Hotel at around 2 a.m. on Dec. 12 when he was attacked, report the New Orleans Times-Picayune , the New Orleans Advocate , KXTV and WWLTV . He ...

A Romanian criminal defense lawyer was fined 5,000 lei ($1,148) Tuesday for flouting court decorum and arriving late for the trial of five Romanians charged in an art theft, the Associated Press reports. Catalin Dancu of Bucharest showed up for trial wearing a black robe over his jean...

California's Department of Financial Institutions issued a cease-and-desist order (PDF) last month to the Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for the virtual currency Bitcoin, warning the group against "conducting the business of money transmission" in the state. The letter...

Attorney Helen Crockett knew she was in trouble as soon as she saw the two men outside her law office, just before 9 p.m. She tried to run, but was grabbed within seconds, she says. Then, although they told her they had a knife and demanded her handbag and the keys to her BMW Z4, she ...

Lawyers in Kansas and Florida recently learned that their belongings aren’t safe in the courthouse—even in the midst of a trial. A defense lawyer in Leavenworth, Kansas, had his wallet stolen from his briefcase during a trial in March. The perpetrator was sentenced on Wednesday, repor...